Jersey Shore vs Montoursville

A side-by-side comparison of Jersey Shore and Montoursville: population, income, housing, and more.

Jersey Shore and Montoursville are places in Pennsylvania. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Montoursville has the higher population (4,711 vs 4,133 in Jersey Shore). Jersey Shore has the higher median household income ($73,942 vs $60,514 in Montoursville). Montoursville has the higher median home value ($196,300 vs $148,500 in Jersey Shore).

Population, income & housing

	Jersey Shore	Montoursville
Population	4,133	4,711
Median age	36.6 yrs	39.7 yrs
Median household income	$73,942	$60,514
Median home value	$148,500	$196,300
Median gross rent	$906	$944
Housing units	1,666	2,314
Homeownership rate	76.7%	59.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.8%	29.8%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jersey Shore	Montoursville
Population	4,204 → 4,133 (-1.7%)	4,458 → 4,711 (+5.7%)
Median household income	$47,415 → $73,942 (+55.9%)	$56,622 → $60,514 (+6.9%)
Median home value	$109,100 → $148,500 (+36.1%)	$166,600 → $196,300 (+17.8%)
Median gross rent	$721 → $906 (+25.7%)	$908 → $944 (+4.0%)

Jersey Shore

Population

4,2044,133

Median household income

$47,415$73,942

Median home value

$109,100$148,500

Median gross rent

$721$906

Montoursville

Population

4,4584,711

Median household income

$56,622$60,514

Median home value

$166,600$196,300

Median gross rent

$908$944

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Jersey Shore	Montoursville
Under 5	4.1%	5.3%
5 to 17	27.2%	16.3%
18 to 24	5.0%	7.4%
25 to 34	10.9%	12.0%
35 to 44	16.0%	12.2%
45 to 54	11.4%	9.4%
55 to 64	8.8%	15.8%
65 to 74	8.4%	10.4%
75 and over	8.2%	11.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jersey Shore	Montoursville
White (non-Hispanic)	96.8%	97.5%
Black or African American	0.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.5%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	1.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Jersey Shore	Montoursville
No high school diploma	6.1%	6.5%
High school graduate	46.5%	39.5%
Some college or associate's	25.6%	24.2%
Bachelor's degree	18.5%	18.4%
Graduate or professional degree	3.3%	11.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jersey Shore	Montoursville
Drove alone	86.6%	81.9%
Carpooled	9.1%	3.5%
Public transit	0.6%	2.8%
Walked	0.0%	10.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.7%	1.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Jersey Shore	Montoursville
1-unit, detached	82.3%	67.2%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	7.0%
2 to 4 units	9.2%	12.5%
5 to 19 units	4.5%	9.0%
20 or more units	0.8%	3.0%
Mobile home & other	1.9%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Jersey Shore	Montoursville
Poverty rate	4.7%	11.0%
Average household size	2.73	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	29	15
Median year structure built	1938	1957